Josh Fields (Credit: Georgia Sports)
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Biographical Data | |
| Player Name: | Josh Fields |
| Position: | Relief Pitcher |
| School: | University of Georgia |
| School Type: | College |
| Academic Class: | Senior |
| Birthdate: | 8/19/85 |
| Height: | 6'0" |
| Weight: | 178 lbs. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Report Date(s): | 03/01 - 03/02/08 |
| Game(s): | Oregon State |
Focus Area | Comments |
| Fastball: | Fields threw his fastball in the 92-95 mph range, sitting comfortably at 94. |
| Fastball movement: | His fastball is fairly straight, though he does throw it from a good downward angle. |
| Curve: | Fields has a plus, plus curve, a true hammer that he throws in the 78-80 mph range. It's tight and falls right off the table. |
| Control: | His command was fair, but certainly better than what he showed last year. He threw his curve for strikes. |
| Poise: | Fields has a closer's mentality, works fast and goes right after hitters. |
| Physical Description: | He has a lean, wiry and thin frame with whipping arm action -- kind of like a more physical Tim Lincecum. |
| Medical Update: | Healthy. |
| Strengths: | A closer's mentality, a resilient arm that allows him to throw on back-to-back days and a killer curve. |
| Weaknesses: | His fastball is a little too straight; he needs to continue to show that last year's implosion is far behind him. |
| Summary: | A second-round Draft pick last year by the Braves after a subpar junior season, he and his advisor, Scott Boras, could not come to terms with Atlanta. So the closer returned to Georgia for a senior season to try and make his junior campaign a distant memory. He was off to a good start and could be the kind of college closer teams look for these days. |